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Y’all. The dining room is finally under way! It feels like I might jinx the progress by even typing those words, but it is true! I can see the dining from where I’m sitting and our progress is, indeed, real! … Continue reading →

Now that winter has arrived (well…sorta—it was 65 degrees yesterday), we are putting the exterior projects to bed for the season, done or not. One that’s not complete—but totally worth sharing—is our mudroom’s exterior entrance. I have big plans for … Continue reading →

This week, while I was away at EPIC summer camp, Ben built a new screen door to replace our destroyed-by-hairy-mainac-beasts pile-of-rubbish screen door featured in the last blog post. Basically, he built a better mousetrap, if you will. This time, he … Continue reading →

Ben’s hard work on the back deck, transforming it into a porch, has created an amazing retreat—screened windows above half-walls that give us an open-air room on the back of the house. It is shaded and cool and just perfect … Continue reading →

On April 1, 2014, we closed on the purchase of a run-down house (deemed basically worthless by our appraiser) sitting on 7+ mostly wooded acres situated in a creek bottom. The house looked like this: You can get a full tour … Continue reading →

It is spring time up in here, y’all! And we have the seed orders to prove it! Ben’s go-to for our garden seeds is Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds and they rarely disappoint. This year, we even got a thank you … Continue reading →

I feel quite certain that y’all are getting tired of hearing about the garage. But to be completely honest, this gigantic project is still our main focus. And that means that the garage is the news of the hour…still (queue the … Continue reading →